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They just called my wife and told her they are going to put out a warrant for my arrest for a bad check. Can they do this?

My debt collection company agreed to accept three hundred dollars a month for 3 months as a payment plan. I agreed to allow them to take the money via electronic withdrawal on 3-29-06 and they did. They sent me a letter asking to withdraw another $300 on 4-30-06. I did not agree and called them to let them know there is not enough money in my account. They agreed to accept a money order instead. They just called my wife and told her they are going to put out a warrant for my arrest for a bad check. Can they do this?

Answer: First, never allow collectors access to your bank accounts!

Second, threatening to have you arrested for a “so-called” bad check is illegal and should be reported to your State Attorney general ASAP!

There may be instances where discussing your situation over a public forum could potentially compromise your interests. On these occasions we will contact you directly via email in order to answer your inquiry in a confidential manner.

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Got a call from a phone number in Florida 904-930-4445 CHASTITY LONG SAYING THEYRE GOING TO PROCESS MY PAPERWORK IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY UNLESS I PAID 150 TO RETRIEVE THE PAPERWORK FROM COURT (I COULDNT MAKE THE 150) TODAY MONDAY (12/20/15) THEY WANTED 209 FOR RETRIEVING MY PAPERWORK FROM COURT (IT WAS A PAYDAYLOAN) STILL THEY SAY THEY WANT 1983 DOLLARS FOR A 500 LOAN FROM 2011?? WHAT CAN THEY DO TO ME???

I live in California. I’m getting repeated calls from a number out of Georgia saying they are collecting on bad checks due to NSF back in 2002 and 2003. I called the original debtor and explained that I had handled those personally with them. They explained that the agency that used to do their collecting for them, did not do a very good job of collecting or keeping record and that this company sold their accounts to another agency in January of this year. So now the calls are coming form this company. I’ve asked twice for them to mail documentation to me so that it can be reviewed and that I had taken care of these. They tell me that they cannot mail anything to me but try to get me to go onto a website to enter information in so that I can see the debt. They refuse to provide documentation. I also mentioned the statute of limitations so that they’re aware that I know what they’re trying to do, 13 & 14 years later.
They then told me they’d be mailing documents with court dates, etc.

What is my recourse? The original debtor told me they need to provide proof of this being unpaid and my bank records don’t go back that far.

Can someone help me navigate this? Is there anything they can do since they can’t prove I didn’t pay it and I can’t prove I did. The amounts were $27 and $37 and now they want nearly $400 for each.

Horizon ‘s Recovery Solutions threatened to send a police car to arrest my boyfriend if he didn’t make a payment on a credit card he never even had . I told the collection agency I would need to see a copy of the original application and he proceeds to give me some bogus story about I’ll have to hire a private detective , blah , blah , blah ! He continued to babble away while making threats such as “you’re gonna have problems if this isn’t taken care of it ” & I told him ” No, you’re the one is going to have a problem if you ever contact us again . Any future contact from you will be considered harassment . Not only will I report you to the BBB but to your local prosecuting attorney’s office for harassment .” So , basically he scammed my boyfriend out of $60.00 on a credit card he’s never even had by using bullying and itimdation tactics ! My boyfriend is currently at his bank to try and have the transaction cancelled . SMH !!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄